Admission is a waste of time (119)
Lesson 24. Where can I find a freshman like you? – 7
Surprisingly, Aire dragged Light out to Ronica.
Light was very surprised, but when he thought about it, it was only natural.
“I also do my special activities alone.”
“Solo… … Wait a minute. Without a professor?”
“The guide only follows you for the first quest. And I’ve already finished the first quest.”
Light knew that special activities were sometimes called quests, but Aire’s words made his head spin even harder.
“When exactly? Aren’t special activities scheduled separately?”
“Because we’re a single team, it’s easy to move around. We finished it in one day last time.”
“Harurani… … , are there other cases like yours? Are there other groups that have already started special activities without us knowing?”
“Just me. The first year will probably be done next week.”
You talk like you’re not a freshman.
Light was about to say that, but then closed his mouth.
They are the elite among the elite who have been granted exclusive exploration rights from the moment they entered school, so is there any point in grouping them into the same category of ‘first-year students’?
It’s just unfair.
He was originally an Aire- no, it would have been impossible after all.
“… … So what’s your business?”
“I’ll eat that first.”
Aire pointed to a fried food shop on the corner of the street.
Light remembered that Ban Yu-won had once referred to such fried food as a ‘croquette’.
“What… … are you living for?”
“huh.”
After much hesitation, Light chose shrimp, while Aire chose shrimp and pork.
The owner stared at them for a long time, perhaps because he was curious about Union Academy students wandering around on a weekday afternoon, or because he was charmed by Aire’s beauty, and then at one point he lowered his head as if he was very frightened.
“You just scared the store owner… … No, you ate two of these lumps of grease?!”
“Because I’m greedy.”
“If you eat too much now, you won’t be able to eat dinner.”
When Light made a motherly remark about her son opening a bag of chips at 4 p.m., Aire smiled happily at the sight of the two croquettes in his hands and responded.
“are you okay.”
Aire opened her mouth wide and bit into the pork croquette, her silver eyes sparkling.
A vertical pupil appeared faintly and then disappeared.
“Because dragons are greedy. They can eat everything.”
“You idiot! If you talk so brazenly… …!”
“Only Light can hear it. Because the barrier has been set up.”
When on earth did I pass by without knowing it?
Light let out a faint sigh, feeling the same sense of foolishness he sometimes felt when he was with Ban Yu-won these days, as he also felt it from Aire.
I thought I knew full well that she was strong beyond her means, but it was frustrating to be surprised every time something like this happened.
“But it’s strange. Why can’t Light hear the words?”
“The barrier was created by chanting with a dragon’s tongue.”
“The moment you take a bite.”
aha.
The reason the dragon’s eyes were visible was because at that moment she was speaking dragon language.
Light nodded in agreement, but then realized what she had just said and a shiver ran down his spine.
He looked back at her, trying to appear calm, and said:
“There’s no way I… … would understand verbs.”
“why?”
With an expression that said, as if asking because she simply didn’t understand, Aire threw the half-finished croquette into her mouth.
Wagjak wagjak, yum yum, gulp, gulp.
Aire, who had just finished a croquette, looked at Light with her clear eyes and asked.
“Light, you’re a dragon man, right? Or not?”
Light realized that this was exactly why she had brought him out now.
“… … Am I a dragon?”
“huh.”
“What kind of joke is that… … .”
Light replied with a smirk.
However, I couldn’t stop my hands from shaking.
It was thanks to remembering the promise I made with Ban Yu-won and Dokgo-yeon that I was able to endure without making a loud noise.
For him, his race was not a secret to be hidden, but rather a trauma he did not want to remember.
“How did you know?”
“Because we are of the same species.”
Aire spoke naturally and put the remaining croquette in her mouth.
She looked around and led Light towards a suitable place to sit, her voice somewhat unclear due to the croquette in her mouth.
“At first, I thought that she was hiding her gender with advanced disguise magic.”
“It was like that?”
Light, being stupid, didn’t realize that he had just admitted to himself that he was a woman.
Well, I’ve admitted that it’s worse than that, but now gender may not be such a big deal.
“The moment you revealed your dragon power in the dungeon, I heard the sound of the dragon’s heart resonating with me from deep within your body.”
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“Haaaaaah… … .”
Light lets out a deep sigh.
Aire dragged him to a bench in the street and strengthened her barrier magic.
“I always wondered why he kept his abilities hidden. But I kept watching him because I thought he might have something in mind, but I couldn’t understand it.”
“Did you two get a chance to talk just the two of you?”
“huh.”
I don’t know about Light, but Ban Yu-won always thought that Aire was very friendly with Light.
That’s why I thought she had a crush on him.
Even though the reason was completely wrong, Ban Yu-won accurately read Aire’s feelings of affection for Light!
During the special activities in Dimension Gelas, Aire was convinced that Light was one of her own kind, and for that reason alone, she treated him more comfortably than anyone else in the Academy.
“You know, Aire.”
“huh.”
“The blood of Yong-in that I have is… … inferior.”
Aire just nodded as if telling me to continue talking.
“It’s good that I inherited the dragon’s power from my ancestors… … but it was too weak. That’s why I couldn’t hear the dragon’s words.”
“The blood is thin. Is it genetic?”
“Perhaps. It’s embarrassing to call myself a mercenary, and of course I don’t have any hidden powers. … … Thanks to that, I was able to hold the holy sword that I inherited from my ancestors.”
“The Holy Sword. Ah, that.”
Aire nodded quietly, remembering Light wielding the holy sword and displaying martial arts skills at the beginning of the semester.
Light took a bite of the croquette he was holding, lowered his head, and sighed.
“Half of them told me that I was able to hold the Holy Sword because I had talent… … but I know. I was chosen by the Holy Sword simply because I have a little bit of dragon blood mixed in me. But half of them believed in me and cheered me on… … I don’t know what to do.”
Should I tell Ban Yu-won the truth?
He has no talent whatsoever, and all he has is the dragon’s blood that he inherited by luck.
Even that utility ended with holding the Holy Sword, and now that he had to keep the Holy Sword away, he was left with nothing.
There’s no way I can say that.
I don’t want to betray his expectations.
“i like you?”
“My dear friend. I think that’s what happened.”
Light coughed there and told her a long story about how he and Ban Yu-won came to be friends.
He is not ashamed to say that when Light is having a particularly hard time, he will notice like a ghost and prepare hot chocolate for him, and that even though he teases him every day, he will cheer him up with the words he wants when it really matters.
“Well, do you get it now? You don’t even know that I’m a woman, and yet you’re like this? That guy is so kind to the point of being annoying, it’s completely… … .”
“Yeah. I like him too.”
“What?! You too… … !”
Light looked startled and made a wary expression.
Could it be that he was so embarrassed after his identity was revealed that he ended up saying things he didn’t need to say?
But fortunately, the ‘like’ that Ayre was talking about seemed to be going in a slightly different direction from what he was worried about.
“It’s hard for someone who isn’t even a dragon to have that much magical intelligence and magical power. He will definitely become a great magician who surpasses the limits of his race. … … I don’t want to lose.”
What Aire harbored toward Ban Yu-won was a strong sense of competition.
How dare that great dragon feel competitive towards humans!
But when I think about Ban Yu-won’s versatility and his ability to see through the core of all things, it makes sense.
Just then, as Light was secretly feeling relieved – and not even knowing why – Aire changed the subject.
“So, I want to live up to his expectations. Right?”
“Yeah… … So that’s how it is? But why are we talking about this?”
“I have to assume.”
what?
Aire spoke to Light, who was squinting his eyes.
Before she knew it, she had taken the remaining croquette from Light’s hand and was eating it.
“I was considering the possibility that you may not have properly awakened the power of tolerance.”
“what?”
“I understand what you say. In an environment where no one but you knows anything about dragons, then it’s fine.”
Aire spread her hands.
What floated above it was a silver, translucent magical orb.
Light stared blankly as vertical lines were drawn across the orb, transforming it into the pupil of a dragon.
“I’ll help you. Light can become strong even without the Holy Sword.”
“What… is that perhaps as a courtesy?”
“Of course, as a courtesy.”
Aire said with a small smile.
“There is no such thing as inferior tolerance.”
Light looked at her beautiful smile and asked back with an expression of utter incredulity.
“Why are you helping me like that?”
“And we don’t have many of the same kind.”
Light had a feeling that it wasn’t just for that reason.
As expected, Aire added with a mischievous smile.
“Rebellion, I want to go in.”
“You’re really annoying too.”
Light also ended up laughing at Aire’s honest confession.
The necklace was emitting a soft light, and the headache in my head was gradually getting worse – I tried to ignore it.
* * *
After showing his seniors enough aura, Ban Yu-won started the club’s regular activities, namely special training.
“… … No, does that make sense? How is it that out of fifteen people wielding melee weapons, only five, including Senior Woohyeolrin, are capable of wielding Auras?”
This means that there are only five people who are talented in handling swords.
Ban Yu-won pushed aside the stone-like senior who was spouting nonsense that he would awaken his Aura right away if only he was given an excellent artifact, and inspected each senior one by one as he always did.
“Senior Kshan, how is the training space?”
“Perfect. Seriously, this is the first time I’ve been able to use my abilities to my heart’s content… …!”
Among them, the one who grew the fastest was Kshana, who had the ability to manipulate sound.
As a second-year female student, she could remember and imitate all kinds of sounds and even amplify them, but she never practiced it properly because she underestimated her own ability.
However, Ban Yu-won knew that dealing with sound meant dealing with vibrations, and since he happened to have vibrations that reached a depth of 50, he was the first of the special selection seniors to focus on her power.
“How can you create such an amazing artifact? It sucks in my voice and stores it, so I can scream to my heart’s content… .”
It was just a simple talisman made using ‘collecting sounds’ and ‘storing.’
“It’s nothing special. And since the sound stored in this talisman can be released again by your senior at any time, it would be a good idea to learn how to do that as well.”
The primary goal of the Banyuwon is to be able to attack enemies with the power of Kshana.
Next, her power becomes the ability to distinguish between Pia.
Thirdly, it is possible to imitate the voice of a monster whose ‘sound contains a specific power’.
Finally, the opposite of converting mana to sound is being able to convert sound to mana.
“If you can do just three of these four things, you will be able to aim for the top spot in your grade.”
“Me, can I do it? Honestly, I still don’t know what it’s like to attack an enemy with sound… .”
“Don’t worry, it’s definitely possible. Once you achieve your first objective, I’ll make you a weapon exclusively for you.”
“really?”
“what?!”
It was said to encourage Kshana’s motivation, but for some reason, the stone senior on the other side reacted greatly.
“Make me one too, a special weapon!”
“Senior’s abilities have nothing to do with weapons.”
“But you never know! I’ll start thinking hard about what kind of weapon would be suitable for my abilities!”
If I had mastered the sword with this kind of passion, I would have been swinging it like an Auror by now, not just an Auror.
I was shaking my head in disbelief.
Ban Yu-won felt some concept from the stone clinging to him.
‘huh?’
No, that was flying in even earlier.
However, it was so faint and faint that I couldn’t make it out properly, and if I didn’t have the power called the Babylonian Code, I probably wouldn’t have been able to make it out until the end.
Anyway, it was absorbed into Ban Yu-won’s body quite naturally, and was expanding the size of his concepts.
Ban Yu-won opened his eyes wide and checked, and only then did he realize that the concept was ‘amplification’.
It was still small, but it was definitely increasing his abilities… by 1%? 2%.
Presumably, the longer you are in contact with the stone, the greater the effect will be.
‘Look at this?’
He opened his eyes wide and looked at the people inside the training room.
It appeared that all of them had been amplified.
I thought it was an ability that only applied to my party members, like a character ability in a game, but it turned out that it applied to everyone I formed a relationship with!
‘It must have been a lie that it only applied to subordinates. Or it can be controlled arbitrarily.’
I was amazed.
Of course, those who passed the special admission process had no idea what was coming.
“Senior Pebble.”
“Huh? Have you thought of something to make for my special weapon?”
“I don’t know about that, but I just remembered what you need to do from now on.”
“What? Hey, I’m a swordsman… … .”
Ban Yu-won sensed something ominous and grabbed Senior Dolmeng by the back of his neck as he tried to run away, pulling him along while taking out a few talismans.
It was an amulet that contained Ban Yu-won’s own sage energy, and since sage energy is a purer energy than magic energy, it was entirely possible to convert the sage energy contained in this amulet into magic energy and pass it on to others.
“From now on, let’s run around this training room while releasing as much magical power as possible. I’m curious to see how your power is manifested.”
“My power? That’s only for my subordinates… … .”
“I know it’s not true, so don’t worry.”
Ban Yu-won smiled and placed the talisman on his back.
“Run.”
“Yes, yes!”
There was no such thing as seniority in this club.
All that was there were mad scientists and their victims.
“Where can you find a freshman like you!”
“Thanks for the compliment, let’s run a little faster.”
Thanks to Ban Yu-won’s ability to see through the essence of all things.
Today, too, the special admission students were getting stronger.
